What’s on the menu for Christmas at your house?

[Anonymous]

To all prime rib cookers, I am impressed. I can't make it, don't know how, and even in restaurants, I don't particularly appreciate how it is made.
And I can cook just about anything you imagine; I bake a perfect baguette at home. I can roast a whole pig but do not give me roast beef.
DS suggested I make Beef Wellington!!! And I said, I don't know how to make that.

[Anonymous]

I ended up making lamb/apricot tagine, couscous, Moroccan carrot salad,!green salad and we made peppermint ice cream for dessert. Dh also bought cannoli.
Served stuff mushrooms and cheese/charcuterie for apps. The lamb was heavenly, melt in your mouth (cooked the day before for hours)…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:-Christmas Eve
Crab cakes
Panko shrimp
Beecher’s Mac and cheese
Green beans
Christmas cookies

-Christmas morning
Homemade cinnamon rolls
Breakfast casserole
Fresh fruit

-Christmas dinner
Smoked prime rib with horseradish cream
Potatoes au gratin
Steamed broccoli
Butternut squash with spinach, craisins, and onion
Sourdough bread and butter
Homemade pecan pie
Christmas cookies

How do some of you cook all of this stuff?

I’m that PP. It’s a combination of buying frozen or pre-made (Wegmans crab cakes, Beecher’s Mac and cheese, Costco panko shrimp, bread from local bakery), pre-cut/cleaned veggies (green beans, butternut squash), DH smoking the prime rib, and just timing out the prep and cook times appropriately. Plus I genuinely enjoy the meal planning and cooking aspect. So that helps too!

LOL. All of a sudden no longer impressive.

NP. Hush, you! That’s still a lot of cooking, preparing, serving, buying and entertaining for a large group. Plus, you don’t have to martyr yourself to serve a delicious meal. Wegmans has beautiful crab cakes—you can’t make better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:-Christmas Eve
Crab cakes
Panko shrimp
Beecher’s Mac and cheese
Green beans
Christmas cookies

-Christmas morning
Homemade cinnamon rolls
Breakfast casserole
Fresh fruit

-Christmas dinner
Smoked prime rib with horseradish cream
Potatoes au gratin
Steamed broccoli
Butternut squash with spinach, craisins, and onion
Sourdough bread and butter
Homemade pecan pie
Christmas cookies

How do some of you cook all of this stuff?

I’m that PP. It’s a combination of buying frozen or pre-made (Wegmans crab cakes, Beecher’s Mac and cheese, Costco panko shrimp, bread from local bakery), pre-cut/cleaned veggies (green beans, butternut squash), DH smoking the prime rib, and just timing out the prep and cook times appropriately. Plus I genuinely enjoy the meal planning and cooking aspect. So that helps too!

LOL. All of a sudden no longer impressive.

I’m that PP. My family was actually pretty impressed by everything, so that’s all that matters! Sorry you’re hung up on the 4 premium, prepared items I used over the course of those days. Heaven forbid I don’t bake my own bread!!

Not about the bread but the other things. And Costco is premium 😂

NP, and I hope you're not like this all the time. I hope things turn around for you.

I've enjoyed reading everyone's menus. (I wish I could have popcorn and a movie one night -- I'm jealous 😫!)

[Anonymous]

I got a rib roast at Safeway for $4.77/lb. 8.5 pounds for about $40. Salt, pepper, rosemary and thyme with red wine and beef broth. Baked at 325 to 125 degrees and it was a perfect medium rare. Everyone raved and swooned over the meal. Popovers, herb roasted potatoes, roasted asparagus, green beans and Caesar salad. Wowza!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got a rib roast at Safeway for $4.77/lb. 8.5 pounds for about $40. Salt, pepper, rosemary and thyme with red wine and beef broth. Baked at 325 to 125 degrees and it was a perfect medium rare. Everyone raved and swooned over the meal. Popovers, herb roasted potatoes, roasted asparagus, green beans and Caesar salad. Wowza!

I got the same roast. Great deal! I’d never eaten prime rib, let alone cooked it. Similar coating, perfect medium rare - but I wasn’t impressed. Maybe I just don’t like prime rib. Glad you enjoyed it!